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C. R. Collins | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
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I've gotten the pages question a couple of times 🤣 Most people know nothing about how the writing/publishing biz works so I cut them a huge amount of slack. I didn't know anything myself until I started writing and researching.
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Christina Anne Hawthorne | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @a3976b27 @5a43dd67 It's an easy question to ask, especially if you aren't a reader. What separates the innocent questions from the "dumb" ones for me is their tone. On the one hand there's genuine interest, or even innocent ignorance. On the other, there's condescension, disdain, or even misogyny.
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636ccddf | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @a3976b27 @7b682b86 @5a43dd67 Same here. I often find myself comparing my novels to published works of similar word count.

Rise of Iron is about as long as the third Harry Potter novel, for example.
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C. R. Collins | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
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That's a good way to do it. I have zero clue about page counts. All mine are ebooks. 🤣